Four Bizonto comedians re-arrested
Friday March 05 2021
This undated photo shows the four members of a comedy group popularly known as Bizonto. They have been re-arrested for allegedly promoting sectarianism. PHOTO/ COURTESY
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In July 2020, the quartet was arrested for releasing a satirical skit in which they listed several heads of government institutions denoting how they all hail from the western part of the country.
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Four radio presenters and comedians popularly known for acting parody skits under their stage name Bizonto have been re-arrested.
Mercel Mbabali, Simon Peter Ssabakaki, Julius Sserwanja and Gold Kimatono were arrested at Radio Simba over a July 2020 satirical skit that authorities think it was promoting sectarianism.
Daily Monitor
Saturday January 30 2021
Security personess inspect a truck that was impouded with suspected stolen animals in Nwoya District 2018.
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On April 8 last year, Moses Onono, a livestock farmer and owner of Homa Farm in Omel A Village, Paicho Sub-county, Gulu City, woke up to the sight of cuttings in his fence as he went about his routine checks on the herd.
Inside the kraal, something was terribly wrong, 25 of his 38 exotic bulls were missing.
About 700 metres from the fence appeared fresh tyre marks of a truck that seemed to have made several turns and driven towards Gulu Town, concretising the assumption that the truck may have been used to move the missing cattle.
The East African
Monday January 11 2021
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni deployed the army to oversee security during the elections but the opposition say the military deployments are an attempt to intimidate voters and opposition supporters in order to suppress voter turnout and enable vote-rigging. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI
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The country goes to the polls on Thursday to elect a president and members of parliament following a campaign marred by unprecedented violence.
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Uganda’s security agencies on Friday warned of firm action against any dissent ahead of and during this week’s election after the military took over law enforcement operations.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has reappointed his eldest son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the head of Uganda’s Special Forces Command, an elite unit with the responsibility of guarding the president and first family.
Gen Kainerugaba has had a meteoric rise through the ranks of the army, having trained at the British academy Sandhurst and other military programmes in the US, Egypt and South Africa.
He also serves as presidential advisor on special operations and regains his position as head of the special forces command, after more than a decade.
The move is part of a wider reshuffle within security agencies.
Uganda s President Yoweri Museveni has reappointed his eldest son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the head of Uganda’s Special Forces Command, an elite unit with the responsibility of guarding the president and first family.
Gen Kainerugaba has had a meteoric rise through the ranks of the army, having trained at the British academy Sandhurst and other military programmes in the US, Egypt and South Africa.
He also serves as presidential advisor on special operations and regains his position as head of the special forces command, after more than a decade.
The move is part of a wider reshuffle within security agencies.